On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:17:18PM +0100, Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 10:15:10AM +0530, Susant Sahani wrote: > >> This patch integrates LLDP with networkd. > > > > In Fedora, we already have LLDP receiver/broadcaster – ladvd. > > It has this neat feature of abusing ifAlias by putting endpoint > > name there. This gives port information right at "ip l" output: > > > > 3: enp5s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state > > UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 > > link/ether 10:78:d2:cc:7e:b0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > alias connected to Core2-3b-24p (Fa0/7) > > > > Would it be possible to implement this in networkd? > > Definitely possible. However, any suggestions on how to avoid stepping > on the toes of other abusers of ifAlias, or is ladvd simply ignoring > this?
I've enabled it in Fedora's ladvd almost three years ago, and received no bugreports about breaking any other software. ladvd does not take any special precautions. I think it would be safe to refrained from changing ifAlias if: - ifAlias is already set, AND - it doesn't start with "connected to " -- Tomasz Torcz "Funeral in the morning, IDE hacking xmpp: zdzich...@chrome.pl in the afternoon and evening." - Alan Cox _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
